SURAT THANI — The police say they have arrested a Briton who allegedly took off with nearly 179,000 baht in an armed robbery of a convenience store on Koh Samui island last week.

Mark Kerby (name transcribed from Thai text) was arrested at around 2:00 a.m. at a bar in Bo Put district following a tip-off from staff at the bar that recognized his face from the CCTV footage provided by the police.

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